Why Donʻt You in Tozawa Village

Why donʻt you stay at Farmhouses in Tozawa Village, Yamagata Prefecture?

Access Don’t hesitate to consult us about pick-up service from JR Shinjo Station and JR Furukuchi Station when you make a reservation.

● Akita Akita Morioka By JR Community Organizer in Tozawa Village, Eisaku Suzuki

Ou E-mail: [email protected] Main Yamagata Bullet Train “Tsubasa” Tozawa Line Facebook: http://m.facebook.com/tozawaokoshitai/ Sakata Furukawa 3 hr.30min. directly from Tokyo Shinjo Station to Shinjo Station ● Shonai Furukuchi Taxi Airport Tozawa Sightseeing Taxi Tsuruoka Yamagata Airport Sendai Address: Furukuchi 348-8, Tozawa Village (it’s near Furukuchi Station) Tokyo Sagae Niigata Tel: +81-233-72-2711 Yamagata

Sendai ●Tozawa Village Industrial Promotion Division Yamagata Expressway Tohoku Tel: +81-233-72-2110 Fax: +81-233-72-2116 Bullet Train Uetsu Yonezawa Main E-mail: [email protected] Line

Yamagata 3hr30min Bullet Train Open: 8:30-17:15, from Mon to Fri 2hr30min 2hr30min

Niigata Yamagata Bullet Train Fukushima Closed: Sat, Sun and national holidays ● Joetsu Bullet Train Senzan Line Ou Main Roadside Station Tozawa “Momokami no sato Kouraikan”

Uetsu Main Line Rikuu West

Tohoku Address: Kurobuchi 3008-1, Kuraoka, Tozawa Village(National highway No.47) Shinjo Expressway Tel: +81-233-72-3303 Fax: +81-233-72-3361

Furukuchi car Rikuu 30min 20min Open: 9:00-17:30 (from April to November) West Line 9:00-16:30 (from December to March) Tokyo Itami Airport Nagoya Haneda Tozawa Village Komaki Airport Airport Depending on the facilities, the business hours vary. Note: Farmhouses are private family homes. As such, there is no room service. However, I assure you that you’ll have great experiences with the family. Don't forget to bring bath towels, pajamas, and toothbrushes.None of the farmhouses have hot springs, but we can introduce you to an affordable hot spring facility. Make a reservation a week before you decide to come. The fees for activities in the farmhouse are not included in the accommodation fee. The contents of activities will depend on the season, the weather, and other conditions. Credit cards and debit cards are not accepted. Cash only. There is no charge for pick-up service, but If you require transport, let us know when you make the reservation. Hosts speak only Japanese.No Wi-Fi. If you have allergies or specific dietary requirements, inform us when you make your reservation. Unfortunately, it might be difficult to accommodate every kind of allergy, but hosts will do as much as possible. You’ll be sleeping on traditional futons laid on tatami floors. The bath tub and toilet will be shared with the The brochure of Tozawa Village in English family.Tatami rooms are separated by a "fusuma", which is made of wood and paper, so privacy is limited. I recommend that each guest carries their travel insurance with them. I advise you to bring some extra equipment (clothes, shoes, gloves, glasses, etc.) for different activities, such as: hiking, picking vegetables, planting, etc. Greetings Activities (with extra charge) Spring: rice paddy work, rice planting, and Farmhouse “Abe” gathering mountain vegetables Hi, everyone! I am Eisaku Suzuki, a community organizer in Tozawa Village! Summer: harvesting vegetables, cutting weeds, I made this brochure to invite many visitors to my beautiful village. I want to make sure that you don't miss anything and that you discover how wonderful this place really is. and playing in the river We have a lot of awesome sights, and I recommend that you stay and experience them yourself! Autumn: harvesting vegetables or mushrooms, First, we have the extraordinary and beautiful Mogami River, which flows through the town, that and various rice-related activities (anything from can be enjoyed from some lovely view spots. harvesting to shipping) In Tozawa Village, you can enjoy not only our delicious traditional food, but also experience our Winter: playing in the snow, making snow huts way of life by participating in agricultural activities. You can feel the blessings of nature by doing (kamakura), and cooking traditional Japanese agricultural work in the farmhouses. dishes Traveling in a big group? We can also accommodate large groups in multiple farmhouses. However, note that space is limited. Address: Tsunokawa 1469, Tozawa Village, Mogami We are really looking forward to seeing you! Hosts will accept your reservations directly, but feel free to contact me as they do not speak County, Yamagata Prefecture English. E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +81-233-73-2160 (Japanese Only) This is Abe's house from the front. There are some Rooms: 2 Washitsu (Japanese traditional tatami room) beautiful rice fields visible from the entrance. Capacity: 5 people Their farmhouse is located in the Sawauchi area, Reservation: anytime, but we may be closed due to which is away from the center of Tozawa Village. the farming season. The atmosphere in their traditional house makes Charge: ¥6,000 per adult, ¥4000 for children under 12. you feel at home. Includes dinner and breakfast. Check-in: 13:00-17:00 Check-out: 10:00 Do not hesitate to ask us about the check-in time and activities that we offer.

Sightseeing Information: Activities (with extra charge) IKI IKI LAND PONPO KAN (one-day hot spring): all year Farmhouse “Sanzaemon” Spring: gathering mountain vegetables, rice planting, Address: Matsuzaka 155, Tozawa Village, Mogami County, and other farming experiences Yamagata Prefecture Summer: strolling around the forest and planting soba E-Mail: [email protected] seeds Tel: +81-233-72-3600 Autumn: harvesting rice, soba, and vegetables Open: 9:00-20:00 (Hours change depending on the season) Winter: enjoying the snow and hunting rabbits Closed: every second and fourth Wednesday If you wish to make soba noodles make a reservation (Except the fourth Wednesday in August) before coming.

Boat trip down the Mogami River: all year Address: Tsunokawa 1393-7, Tozawa Village, Mogami You can enjoy spectacular seasonal views of the Mogami Gorge! County, Yamagata Prefecture Mogamikyo Bashorain Kanko Corporation Tel: +81-233-73-2182 (Japanese Only) Open: 8:30-17:00 Rooms: 2 Washitsu (Japanese traditional tatami room) Address: Furukuchi 86-1, Tozawa Village, Mogami County, Capacity: 5 people The hosts offer a local kind of soba noodle, named Yamagata Prefecture Reservation: anytime, but we may be closed due to Tel: +81-233-72-2001 Fax: +81-233-72-2003 “Mogami Wase”, which they cultivate themselves. the farming season. The owner is a city councilor in Tazawa Village, so Charge: ¥6,000 per adult, ¥4,000 for children under he can explain to you many things about the village. “Gensou no Mori”, Forest of illusions 12. Includes dinner and breakfast. Closed during winter time The soba store sign is a landmark when you move Check-in: 13:00-17:00 It is a famous photo spot. along the prefectural highway. Check-out: 10:00 Place: Tsuchiyu, Tozawa Village Do not hesitate to ask us about the check-in time and 25 minutes from Furukuchi station by taxi. activities that we offer. Tozawa sightseeing Taxi Tel: +81-233-72-2711 Inquiry: Tozawa Village Tourism and Products Association Tel: +81-233-72-2110 Activities (with extra charge) Activities (with extra charge) Farmhouse Spring: gathering and processing mountain Spring: some farming experiences before rice planting, vegetables and helping with the rice planting Farmhouse “Yosoemon” rice planting “Fukinotou Tanaka” Summer: harvesting vegetables and enjoying the Summer: harvesting mountain vegetables, cutting night sky in a relaxed atmosphere weeds, removing excessive vegetables and harvesting Autumn: harvesting and processing vegetables them, planting soba seeds, cultivating perilla, famous Winter: playing in the snow and cooking traditional as a seed of Egoma oil in Japan. Japanese dishes Autumn: some farming experiences such as harvesting rice and mushrooms Winter: snow activities such as shoveling snow, strolling Address: Tsunokawa 1316-2, Tozawa Village, Mogami in the mountains with snow County, Yamagata Prefecture You can make soba noodles any season if you make a Tel: +81-233-73-2178 (Japanese Only) reservation before coming. Rooms: 2 Washitsu (Japanese traditional tatami room) Capacity: 5 people Address: Tsunokawa 1200, Tozawa Village, Mogami Reservation: anytime, but we may be closed due to the Hirane area is believed to be a hidden scenic County, Yamagata Prefecture farming season. Tel: +81-233-73-2514/+81-90-6221-9270 (Japanese Mrs. Takiko is an excellent cook! spot. The water from the Hirane area is cold Charge: ¥6,000 per adult, ¥4,000 for children under 12. Only) That’s why she was asked to be a chef at a local even in summer and it tastes amazing. Rooms: 2 Washitsu (Japanese traditional tatami Includes dinner and breakfast. You can’t miss eating soba noodles made using room) day-care center. Check-in: 13:00-17:00 this fresh water! Capacity: 5 people Mr. Shinichi is quiet, but so kind, beloved by his Check-out: 10:00 The hosts also run a soba noodle shop, so you Reservation: anytime, but we may be closed due to grandchildren. Do not hesitate to ask us about the check-in time and the farming season. can try it in any season. Enjoy mealtime with delicious food and a good activities that we offer. Charge: ¥6,000 per adult, ¥4,000 for children under company. 12. Includes dinner and breakfast. You can try some seasonal delicacies, such as Check-in: 13:00-17:00 Check-out: 10:00 mountain vegetables in spring, and mushrooms Do not hesitate to ask us about the check-in time in autumn. and activities that we offer.

Activities (with extra charge) Activities (with no extra charge) Spring: some farming experiences in a rice field Farmhouse “Hotaru” Farmhouse “Ajiki” All year: We cultivate more than 20 varieties of before rice planting, gathering mountain vegetables, planting vegetables seeds vegetables so you can harvest different ones Summer: harvesting vegetables, cutting weeds, depending on the season. viewing fireflies Activities (with extra charge, advance reservation Autumn: harvesting rice, mushrooms, harvesting and required) processing vegetables Winter: shoveling snow, cooking Japanese traditional Eat Imoni: ¥1,000 per person dishes Barbecue: ¥1,500 per person Address: Tsunokawa 1341, Tozawa Village, Mogami We have more activities, so don’t hesitate to ask us! County, Yamagata Prefecture Tel: +81-233-73-2516/+81-90-9741-4158 (Japanese Only) Address: Matsuzaka 348, Tozawa Village, Mogami E-mail:[email protected]/ County, Yamagata Prefecture [email protected] Tel: +81-90-4046-3724 (Japanese Only) Rooms: 1 Washitsu (Japanese traditional tatami room) There is a hot spring facility named Ponpo Kan E-mail: [email protected] Capacity: 5 people near the house. This farmhouse is surrounded by beautiful scenery. Rooms: 2 Washitsu (Japanese traditional tatami room) Reservation: anytime, but we may be closed due to The hosts will serve you not only home-grown The owners cultivate and harvest some vegetables the farming season. Capacity: 5 people rice from their fields, but also the dishes include on their fields all most every season, and they Charge: ¥6,000 per adult, ¥4,000 for children under Reservation: anytime, but we may be closed due to the 12. Includes dinner and breakfast. fresh vegetables and mountain vegetables. prepare dinner using their fresh vegetables. farming season. You'll talk about Yamagata dining together and Check-in: 13:00-17:00 They hope that you can experience rural living in Check-out: 10:00 the great scenery by doing some agricultural Charge: ¥6,500 per adult, includes dinner and breakfast have fun! Do not hesitate to ask us about the check-in time and activities such as planting vegetables, and and a coupon for the hot spring facility, Ponpo Kan. And you can enjoy the night sky in front of the activities that we offer. Check-in: 15:00-17:00 house! harvesting mountain vegetables. Check-out: 10:00 Isn’t it just amazing? The house is alongside the prefectural highway, Do not hesitate to ask us about the check-in time and and it has a beautiful blue roof. activities that we offer. You can have a great view of their colorful autumn leaves of the Mogami Gorge from a boat on the river in fall. Seasonal Photo Examples of activities, landscapes, events Ask each organizer about the fee and the content of the activities. Spring Summer

Tozawa Seasonal Market in spring Summer Party in Tsunokawa You can buy fresh seasonal mountain vegetables or (at South Regional Development Center) enjoy hiking around "Jou no Taki” (the waterfalls in Shinjo Festival (August 24th, 25th, and 26th, near JR Tozawa Village) and other events! Shinjo Station) Competition for fishing in a mountain stream Fireflies light up the concert at Shikamura’s rice Why don’t you catch a big one in the famous fresh terrace. (Ohkura Village) stream Tsuno River? And there are more festivals in other areas!

Other Crops Harvested in autumn. Autumn is the best season to fill up Picking mountain vegetables! your belly. You can taste a lot of You can plant rice! fresh crops that you can’t have in the summer time! Can’t wait to have them? Then it might be worth it visiting Tozawa Village!

Rice Harvest Enjoy the great gift from the You can hike around “Jou no Taki” land! The rice, especially in (in Tsunokawa area). the autumn, tastes fantastic.

“Nagakura no Osugi” is a large cedar tree in Village Flower: Lilium rubellum Tsunokawa area.The natural cedar tree is more It’s an herbaceous perennial that grows in high mountains Autumn than 1200 years old and I bet that it’ll give you a and hills. One to three flowers bloom on each plant from great impression! June to August. It is said to grow naturally in the north up Soba Festival in Autumn Winter to Tozawa Village only. Have a good time eating a type of delicious soba noodle, called "Mogami Wase”, which is originally from here. “Yuki Kairou Monogatari,” a Snow Corridor Festival It’s a really famous event and they’ll sell out in a short time. (in Tsunokawa area, mostly in February) Tozawa Seasonal Market in autumn “Kuraoka Kami Fusen Festival,” a Paper Balloon Festival We offer mushrooms and seasonal vegetables, and have a (in Kuraoka area) lot of events! Skiing (at the Shinjo Public Ski site) Address: Shibakusayama 5919-3, Itsuka Town, Shinjo City Tel: +81-233-22-0681

You can enjoy swimming in the river! Preserving “Matagi" Hunter Culture Matagi are hunters who live in the mountains of the Tohoku region and hunt animals in groups using a traditional way of hunting.

“Osaido” It’s a traditional event where entrance decorations such as “Kadomatsu” (gate pine) and Harvesting Vegetables “Shimenawa rope” (sacred straw Try picking various seasonal home-grown vegetables in the rope) are piled up and burned on fields, and breathe in fresh early morning air that will relieve Lunar New Year’s Day. your stress!It is really fantastic to have fresh vegetables that It is said that the fire gives you good health and prevents you the farmer harvested with love! from catching a cold, while the fire and smoke protect you from bad luck in the upcoming year. Why donʻt you stay at Farmhouses in Tozawa Village, Yamagata Prefecture?